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GEORGE BARCUS, OF RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

HORSESHOEING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,800, datedSeptember 28, 1897.

Application led January 4:, 189 7. Serial No. 617,966. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE BARCUS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing. at Rensselaer, in the county of Jasper and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aHorseshoeing Apparatus, of which the following is a speciication,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings and the lettersof reference thereon, forming apart of this specication, in which*Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement, showing the methodvofattaching the same to a horse. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the mechanism,looking at it from the top. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the parts designedfor attachment to one of the rearlimbs of the horse. Fig. at is a sideView of a latch-lever intended to be applied to the hub of the uppersegment-arm, as indicated in broken lines in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of a keeper for engaging the rear of the hockjoint ofthe horse to hold the devices in place on the limb of the horse when thesaid joint is bent as shown in broken lines in Fig. 1. Fig. Gis a planvienr of a spring-clamp-for attaching the upper portion of the device tothe horses limb. Fig. 7 is a side view of said spring-clamp; and Fig. 8is a detail perspective view of a portion of one of the uppersegment-arms, showing-the means for adjusting the length ofsaid arm toadapt it to the size of the horses limb.

This invention relatesto certain improvements in a horseshoeingapparatus by means of which the horse may be held firmly and safelywhile being shod or otherwise treated, which improvements are fully setforth and explained in the following specification and claims.

Referring to the drawings, C C are a pair of parallel bars, madepreferably of metal and having their inner ends pivotally connected tothe side wall of the buildingA at a through the medium of the hinge B D.For maintaining said bars C Gin a substantially horizontal position theproper distance from the floor and for increasingtheir strength they areeach provided with braces C C2 C2, all connected together and with saidbars by means of proper junction-pieces D D" D4 D5, the inner end of thebrace C being pivotally connected to the side wall of thebuilding at aby means of the hinge B D', said hinges permitting ahorizontallyswinging movement of the outer ends of said bars C C, so

Athey may be opened apart 'from each other to admit a horse to enterbetween them. In order to secure the said bars the proper distance apartand in close proximity to the horse, a cross-bar E is used, locatedimmediately in front of the horse next his breast, and has at each endpass-eyes D2, one of which is shown in Fig.' 1. Fach end of saidcrossbar is provided ywith pini-holes, as shown in Fig. 2,'forl thereception of a pin E at one end and a pawl Ffl at the opposite end, bymeans of which said bars C C are maintained the proper distance apart.The pawl E4 automatically locks one end of said cross-bar io its bar G,and a pin E is passed through one of the pin-holes in the opposite endof said cross-bar to hold the bars G C closed against the sides of ahorse. For attaching the device to the limbs of a horse to hold them inany position desired while the process of shoeing is going on foursimilar sets of compound segmentalarms are used. secured to the sides ofthe horses legs by means of spring-clasps, as shown in Fig. 1, and asthey are substantially alike or similar to each other a description ofone will be suflieient for all. f

Looking at Fig. l, G2 and G3 represent the two parts of the upper arm G2adjustablyA connected together, as shown particularly in Fig. 8, so thetwo parts may be adjusted as to length to correspond with the length ofthe horses lefr. The means for ad 'usting said a d a arms as to lengthis shown in Fig. 8, the arms having the boxes H2, respectively, in whichthe ends of the said arms respectively enter and slide. justeddpart G3is provided with a cranked bolt H', arranged in a barrel H, and has acoil-spring on its part within said barrel for spring-pressing said boltforward to enter the holes e of part G3. The inclined upper end ofbarrel H furnishes means for withdrawing Said bolt by turning thecranked end of bolt H', and the vertical offset of said inclined end ofsaid barrel permits said bolt to drop and ent-er one of said holes e forthe purpose specified. The upper end of the part G2 of said For holdingthe arms G2 G3 ad- IOO arm is pivotally connected to the side of a box F(if it be the forward arm) opposite the fore leg or to box F (ifopposite the hind leg) on a trunnion G', which is intended to be locatedopposite the joint in that part of the leg. The upper end of said partG' of said arm terminates in a toothed seg-ment G,which engages theoppositely-arranged pawls P for holding said segment turned to anyposition desired, said pawls being pivotally connected to the outer sideof said boxes. The lower end of arm GS ha-s pivotally connected toit thearm lK through the medium of segment J, which extends down to the horscsankle and is attached thereto by means of a clasp I, which ishereinafter particularly described.

The arm K has pivotally connected to it on its outer side, near itsupper end at O, the toothed segment O. (Shown more particularly in Fig.5.) Said segment has a joint O2 in its shank, adapting said segment tohave lateral movement when not restrained by the keeper K. Said segmentis provided with an inwardly-projecting arm O3 forextending aroundbehind the hoek-joint when the device is applied to the hind leg toprevent the device from sliding upward on the leg when the leg is in abent form. This arm O3 is omitted when the device is applied to the foreleg of the horse.

A pawl P engages the teeth of segment O to hold its arm O3 in contactwith the leg of the horse. The toothed segment J is pivotally connectedto the outer lower end of arm G3 and has jointed to it at J transverselyto its point of pivot with arm G" the arm K, by means of whichconnection the joint ofthe horse at that point may have some lateralmovement. The segment J is held turned i-n any desired position by meansof a pawl L. The arm G3 is attached near its lower end to the leg of thehorse by means of a spring-clasp. (Shown in detail in Figs. G and 7.)This clasp consists of the curved horizontally-extending arm I, attachedirmly to the inner side of arm G3, and is provided on its inner side atits outer end with ratchet-teeth I.

'l is a spring-latch pivotally attached to arm I at Z by means of a pinhaving la coilspring thereon (shown at Z') for throwing said latchforward when released.

S is a lever pivotally connected at S2 to arm I. The inner end of saidlever terminates in a hook S for catching over astud V, attached to theouter side of the said latch I to hold said latch open, as shown in Fig.G. Then said clasp is applied to the horse, his leg will first engagethe outer curved endl of lever S and move it backward, which will causethe hook S on its inner end to release latch T, so it may take theposition shown in broken lines in said Fig. 6 andbe held in suchposition by means of the spring-catch IV, attached to its side, engagingthe ratchet-teeth I ot' arm I, said arm passing through an eye in theouter end of latch T, so as to prevent arm I from being disconnectedfrom said latches, thus securely clasping the leg of the horse and`holding it secured to the arm G3. The horses leg may be released bypressure on the latch IV sufficient to cause it to be released from theratchet-teeth I on arm l.

It is intended to secure the boxes F to the bars C C; but the boxes Fare intended to be adjustable along on said arms to accommodate them andthe parts connected with them to the size of the horse to which thedevice may be applied, and the said bars C C and their braces may bemade either of square met-al or of pipes, like gas-pipe, as may bedesired; but it is intended that the bars C C shall be made of roundrods or gas-pipe, so the boxes on them may partially rotate to givelateral movement to the arms pivotally attached thereto.

In operation the vtwo bars C C are spread apart far enough at their freeends to freely admit a horse, the cross-bar E being iirst put in placeand the pawl E4 placed in the outer hole of said cross-bar. The horse isthen led in and tied to tlre wall, with his breast against thecross-bar, as shown in Fig. l. The bars C G are then closed near enoughtogether to come in contact with the sides `of the horse. The pin E andpawl E4 lock the said bars in that position. The arms G2 G3 K are thenimmediately secured to the horses legs by means of the clasps I, holdingthem secure, so he cannot kick or fall down, and rendering it impossiblefor him to make any resistance or struggle, as he cannot bend hislegjoints and is helpless.

By releasing. the pawls P the leg, it it be the hind leg, may be `movedrearward so segment G may turn on its trunnion G', and when IOO IOS

the leg has been moved tar enough the pawls P are caused to engage theteeth of said segm entand hold the arms G2 G3 K and the horses legthereto attached in a bent position as shown in the broken lines in Fig.l.

The bend of the hoek-joint is made by releasing pawl L, so arm K andsegment J,

t attached thereto, may turn on the point of pivot of said segment, and`when the leg is bent to the proper position, as shown in said brokenlines, said pawl L is caused to engage the teeth of segment J, and thuscause theleg of the horse to be held in its proper bent position forplacing shoes on its foot. For the fore leg the operation issubstantially the same, but as the knee bends forward the operation ofsegment J is reversed and the arm O3 and its parts are omitted.

In case the horse is fractions and will not permit its legs to bereadily and easily bent as described the lever y may be applied byplacing its hub y over the trunnion G of segment G and in such mannerthat its latch y will engage the teeth of said segment, when byoperating said lever said segment and the arms attached to it may beoperated as stated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

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l. In an apparatus for Ashoeing horses the combination of asupporting-frame, a box arranged to be adjustable along on said frame, acompound arm pivotally attached to said box and adapted to assume thepositions of the animals leg', means for securing said lever in itsseveral positions,means for securing the different parts of said leverto the leg of the animal and the means for adjusting the length of saidarms, all arranged to Operate substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. In an apparatus for shoeing horses the` combination of asupporting-frame adapted to be pivoted to a proper support, boxesarranged on the horizontal bars of said frame and adapted to beadjustable thereon, an arm pivotally attached .to said box having itsupper end terminate in a toothed segment, pawls adapted to engage theteeth of said segment, the means for adjusting the length of said arm, atoothed segment pivotally attached to the lower end of'said arm, a pawlfor engaging the teeth of said segment, an arm pivotally attached tosaid last-named segment but in a transverse direction to the pivot ofsaid segment, and the means for attaching said arms to the leg of theanimal all arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. In an apparatus for shoeing horses, the combination of asupporting-frame adapted to be pivoted to a proper support, a cross-barfor adjustably connecting the two parts of said frame immediately infront of the horse, sliding boxes on the horizontal bars of said frame,an arm pivotally connected to saidsliding box and having its upper endterminate in a toothed segment, and adjustable as to length, pawlsattached to said box and adapted to engage the teeth of said segment, asegment pivotally attached to the lower end of said arm, a pawl forengaging said lastnamed toothed segment, an arm pivotally connected tosaid last-named toothed segment transversely to the pivot of saidsegment, an arm pivotally attached to said last-named arm and having itsupper end terminate in -a toothed segment, and having a transverse jointbetween its ends, and having a laterally-extending arm for engaging thehockjoint of the horse, and the means for attaching said parts to thehorses leg, all arranged to operate substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

et. In an apparatus for shoeing horses the combination of supportingframe portion adapted to be pivoted to a proper support, a cross-bar`for connecting the horizontal bars of said frame and holding said barsconnected at a point substantially opposite the breast of a horse whenplaced between said bars, sliding boxes on said frame-bars, armspivotally attached to said boxes, the pivotal points of said arms beingarranged opposite and cor-J- responding to the joints of the horses leg,and adapted to assume the different positions of the horses leg, themeans for locking said arms with the supporting-frame to hold the horsesleg in any desired position, and the means for securing said arms to thelimb of the animal all arranged to operate substantially as and for thepurpose set forth..

5. In an apparatus for shoeing horses the combination of the framecomprising the horizontal bars C C, and braces C, C2, C3 and pivotallyattached to a suitable support and having the cross connecting-bar E foradjustably connecting the two parts of said frame, the adjustable boxesF having the lpawls P, P, arm G2 having a toothed segmental head G, armG2 and the means for adj ustably connecting said arms, toothed segment Jpivotally connected to the lower end of arm G3, arm K pivotallyconnected to said segment J transversely to the pivot of said segment,pawl L,

segment O pivotally connected to arm K by a universal joint, and havingthe laterally-extending arm for engaging the hoek-joint of a horse,keeper K', pawl P and the means for securing the said arms to the limbof an animal all arranged to operate substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

6. In an apparatus for shoeing horses the combination of the arms G2,GS, curved armI having the ratchet-teeth I, latch T having the catch Vand latch WV, and the curved lever S having its rear end provided With ahook S for engaging catch V all arranged to operate substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

7. In an apparatus for shoeing horses the combination of the arms G2,G3, K and segment J, toothed segment O pivotally connected to arm K by auniversal joint, and having the ylaterally-extending arm O2 for engagingthe hoek-joint of a horse, and the means for securing said arms to theleg of a horse, all arranged to operate substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

GEORGE BARCUS. Witnesses:

J UDsoN I-I. PERKINS, H. C. BRUCE.

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